Tab. 5448. 



TRICHINIUM Manglesii. 



Mr. Mangles s IHcMnium. 



Nat. Ord. Amaranthacea:. — Pentandria BfoKOOYNl*. 



Gen. Char. Mores hermaphroditi, tribracteati. Calyx 5-sepalus ; sepalis ;rqu;i- 

 libus aut insequalibus (duobus exterioribus niajoribus), erectis, apice demum 

 divaricatis, villoso-plumosis. Stamina 5, interne in cupularu vel rarissinic in 

 tubum coalita. Filamenta filifonnia v. dilatato-subulata. Staminodia nulla. 

 AnthercB biloculares, ellipticte v. subrotundae. Ovarium uniloculars, uuiovnla- 

 tum. Stylus elongatus. Stigma simplex, capitatura. Fructus (utriculus) obo- 

 vatus v. ovatus, evalvis, monospermus ; sepalis inferne conniventibus et apice 

 plurnosus, inclusus. Albumen farinaceum, centrale. Embryo annularis, peri- 

 phericus ; radicula ascendente. — Herbse perennes vel annu/r, raro suft'rutices, 

 Australiacee, interdum Capenses, intra vel extra tropicos observatee. Folia alterna, 

 rarissime opposita vel fasciculata. Flores terminates, in capitula v. in spicas con- 

 (jesti, tandem avolanfes juvante calyce patuloso-plumoso. Bractesc carinata, sca- 

 riosa, nitentes, coloratce, persistentes, lateralibus interdum cum fructu decidttis. 

 Pili Jlorum articulati, oblique erecti. Stamina scepius inaqi'olia et ovarium ob- 

 lique gibbosulum. Moq. in Be Cand. 



Trichinium Manglesii; caulibus herbaceis adscendentibus simplicibus sulcatis 

 striatis glabriusculis virescentibus, foliis radicantibus longe petiolatis 

 oblongo-spatbulatis mucronulatis margine sinuatis glabris viridibus, cau- 

 linis lanceolato-linearibus aut linearibus roseis, calyce bracteis fere duplo 

 longiore, sepalis uninerviis apicem versus nitidulis, pilis calyce brevioribus 

 sat numerosis rigidis albis. 



Trichinium Manglesii. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, n. 28, in not. Field. Sort, riant. 

 t. 52. Moq. in Be Cand. Prodr. 13. part 2. p. 289. 



Trichinium macrocephalum. Nees, in Lehm. PI. Preiss. v. 1. p. fi^7 (not Br.). 



Few more lovely plants have been introduced to our gardens 

 of late years than the one here represented, from our friend 

 Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich. It is one of the many Swan River 

 species which he has been instrumental in importing, and suc- 

 cessful in its cultivation. At present it has been, I apprehend, 

 only treated as a greenhouse plant ; but there is no reason why 

 it should not be employed as a summer annual, as are many 

 Australian plants, and others from South Africa, to the great 



junk 1st. 1SG4. 



